Juan Negrin

Juan Negrin y Lopez (3 February 1892-12 November 1956) was Prime Minister of Spain from 17 May 1937 to 1 April 1939, succeeding Francisco Largo Caballero and preceding Francisco Franco.

Biography
Juan Negrin y Lopez was born on 3 February 1892 in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain to a Catholic middle-class family. Negrin studied to become a doctor in the German Empire, and he became a physiology professor at the Complutense University of Madrid. In 1929, he joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), a socialist party which was opposed to the military dictatorship of Spain. In September 1936, Prime Minister Francisco Largo Caballero appointed him Finance Minister under the Second Spanish Republic, and he became Prime Minister in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. As the head of state of Spain, Negrin was responsible for coordinating the war against the fascist Falange party and its allies, and Negrin launched a series of offensives in 1937. General Segismundo Casado overthrew Negrin's regime and made peace with the Nationalists in April 1939, and Negrin led the Spanish Republican government-in-exile until 1945. He died in exile in Paris, France in 1956.